Definition of Reductivism

1. Noun. An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color.

Exact synonyms: Minimal Art, Minimalism
Generic synonyms: Art Movement, Artistic Movement
Derivative terms: Minimalist

Definition of Reductivism

1. Noun. extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials; minimalism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reductivism

reduction potential
reduction to the absurd
reductional
reductionism
reductionisms
reductionist
reductionistic
reductionists
reductions
reductive
reductive dechlorination
reductively
reductiveness
reductivenesses
reductivism (current term)
reductivist
reductivists
reductoisomerase
reductone
reductones
reductor
reductors
reducts
reduit
reduits
redundance
redundances
redundancies
redundancy

Literary usage of Reductivism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movementby Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen (2002)
"... of Council House has to be recognized'/'The building was further vehemently denigrated by some as a belligerent monument to modernist 'reductivism'7, ..."

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